"Of particular importance to women is the impact of federal regulations
that benefit those immigrant spouses who are victims of domestic violence or
abuse, which often takes the form of battery or extreme mental cruelty, and
are afraid to speak out about it because they fear that they will be
sent back to their home country in shame by the U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service. Even though the Sikh faith does not
condone or even allow this behavior, our conservative culture can
often force these victims to think twice about acting on such abuse
when it does occur. Therefore it is important to get
the word out to those who are experiencing this type
of situation, that they do have rights under U.S.
law." -- Raj S. Singh